The 2020 canine calendar produced annually by the Durham Regional Police Service will be revealed at Pet Smart, 1650 Victoria St. E. in Whitby on Thursday at 10 a.m. The calendars are $20. Over the years some $185,000 has been raised this way for various good causes.
We will be hosting an Open House today Wednesday, October 9, 2019 from 3 to 5 PM at TNO 10 Gateway location unit 104. An opportunity for everyone to learn more of our programs and services. There will be face painting, activities, prize draws, and much, much more! See you there! pic.twitter.com/o2en4OsJeJ
— TNO-THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ORGANIZATION (@TNOtoronto) October 9, 2019
A mid-week spin of the Video Wheel brings us Darci Shaw, the remarkable 15-year-old from Liverpool who plays young Judy Garland in the current film Judy. Garland was 17 when she played Dorothy in 1939. Then, Autumn Ferguson, 5, has had a close call because of a mistake made at a Regina dental clinic. Below that, police in Hamilton continue to probe the stabbing of a boy, 14, outside Winston Churchill Secondary School at Main St. and Parkdale Ave. Not much is being said. Finally, James Peebles has thought about his eminence in theoretical cosmology and concluded that a Nobel Prize is quite in order. Very good sir.
The Ontario Food Terminal at 165 The Queensway in west-end Toronto has been declared a protected employment zone, which prevents it from being relocated. Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark says the province made the decision to protect the estimated 100,000 jobs that depend on the terminal. The province launched a review of the terminal earlier this year, sparking fears the facility could be moved to make way for residential development. The Ontario Food Terminal was established in 1954 to help farmers in the province get their produce to market. It has since become the largest wholesale produce market in the country, also serving Eastern Canada and some northern US states.
The Gardiner Expressway will be shut down over the Thanksgiving long weekend for maintenance and improvements. The closure will stretch from Highway 427 to the Don Valley Parkway starting 12:01 a.m. Saturday until 5 a.m. Monday.
All six federal party leaders are in the national capital today for an English-language debate beginning at 7 p.m. Monday. It will be widely broadcast and streamed as follows:
As estimated 200 climate protesters of a body previously unheard of by most people were blocking traffic on the Bloor Viaduct Monday morning. The group was identified in the media as a British protest, Extinction Rebellion. There were also protests in London and Amsterdam today. Extinction Rebellion was formed a year ago with the stated aim of performing acts of civil disobedience. There are many tweets and pictures on Twitter.
Some 55,000 education workers in Ontario will not strike Monday after successful last-minute contract talks with the provincial government, according to Education Minister Stephen Lecce. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing a number of education support workers across the province, reached a tentative deal on Sunday evening — a move that should allow public schools to open as normal. “Parents can rest easy knowing that the Government worked tirelessly to ensure their children remain in the classroom, where they belong,” Lecce said in a statement. The minister was asked why the work of both teaching and support staff in Ontario school are not considered an essential service like transit staff. He said now was not the time for finger-pointing.
GO transit spokesperson Anne Marie Atkins has raised an unexpected and rather astonishing fear that GO train service will be delayed because of a possible strike by CUPE support works at Ontario schools on Monday. She said the closure of schools may well mean that parents who operate the trains will stay home, thus creating inevitable slowdowns or disruptions. The impact of parents booking off work can be seen as an inconvenience in many industries but the possibility it might hit essential public services has previously gone unstated. Gov’t, CUPE continue talks in an effort to avoid Monday strike
Pope Francis has continued his reform of the Catholic Church by appointing 13 like-minded clerics to the College of Cardinals over the weekend. Among those appointed is the Canadian Jesuit Michael Czerny. Czerny, 73, founded the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice at St. Michael’s College on St. Mary St. He is a rare Jesuit appointee to the College.
